In this courtroom drawing reviewed and approved for release by a US military security official, Khalid Sheik Mohammed consults defense attorney civilian David Nevin at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The five men accused of plotting the deadly September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, including Mohammed, were formally charged at the military tribunal.
GUANTANAMO BAY : The five men accused of plotting the deadly September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, including confessed mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, were formally charged Saturday at a military tribunal here.
Mohammed, 47, as well as the four other accused, were charged with “conspiracy, attacking civilians, murder and violation of the law of war, destruction, hijacking, terrorism” for their links to the attacks that killed 2,976 people.
The Pakistani was charged along with his Pakistani nephew Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, also known as Ammar al-Baluchi; Mustapha al-Hawsawi of Saudi Arabia; and Yemenis Ramzi Binalshibh and Walid bin Attash, in the worst terror strikes on US soil in modern history.
If found guilty, the five face the death penalty.
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